Palatine Burial Installation

American Academy

Rome, Italy - 1996

The final stage of the Palatine Burial project
was an installation in the cryptoporticus of the
American Academy in Rome. A filigree composed of
interlinking shaped stainless steel wire elements
was installed within the vaults of the massive
masonry. This construction formed a hybrid grotto.
Barbed details within each link caused the mass
to behave like a swarm.